The Princeton Tigers are within one win of their first Grand River Conference boy's basketball title since 1997, with the Tigers setting themselves up for success with close wins over Braymer (Friday) and Gallatin (Tuesday).

(KOMU) - JEFFERSON CITY - Roughly a dozen witnesses, made up of state leaders and residents, testified during a house hearing Wednesday in support of a bill that would crackdown on child sex-trafficking crimes in Missouri.

The basketball and wrestling seasons are beginning their race to the finish, with the hoops seasons starting districts on Monday, and the wrestling state tournament starting tomorrow (Thursday) in Columbia.

While not yet securing the #1 seed for next weekend's Region 16 postseason tournament in Joplin, the North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates will do no worse than a tie with St. Louis for the top spot, after rallying for a 77-76 win on Tuesday night at Cottey College.

The Milan Wildcats are building positive momentum toward district play, with the boys picking up wins over Mercer and Schuyler County over the past week. Milan will battle Marceline in the Class 2, District 6 quarterfinal, Tuesday at 4:30 PM, on KTTN FM 92.3.

Just over 24 hours after long-time rival Milan decided to enter the Grand River Conference, Putnam County R-1 (Unionville) has a similar decision, complicated by recent school board meetings from the Lewis and Clark Conference.